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Díaz-Guerrero, R. (1979). Psychologists and human rights. International journal of psychology: Journal international de psychologie, 14(2), 143-9. https://doi.org/11080/00207597908246726 Abstract The flagrant violations of Article V of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights, particularly in several Latin American countries, have aroused a number of psychological and scientific associations around the world.Continue Reading

Kemp, R. (2023). Human rights and the ethics of clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Forum, 1(368), 68-69. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpscpf.2023.1.368.68 Abstract Human rights are key landmarks in the development of the law and protect citizens from the abuse of power. They also empower freedoms and can become a form of cognitive lens throughContinue Reading

Kar, R.B. (2013). The Psychological Foundations of Human Right. In Dinah Shelton (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law (pp. 104-143).  https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780199640133.003.0006 Abstract Respect for human rights requires engagement of a special capacity to identify and respond to rights, but current research on the psychological causes and conditions ofContinue Reading

Drazenovich, G. & Stroink, M. (2023). Interpreting human rights as the social psychological phenomenon of rights claiming. International Journal of Psychology, 59(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12930 Abstract In the last 5 years, the intersection between psychology and human rights has become more evident, with influential international, national and local human rights institutions, including theContinue Reading

Butchard, S. & Greenhill, E. (2015). Human rights: Giving clinical psychology a backbone. Clinical Psychology Forum, 1(276), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpscpf.2015.1.276.16 Abstract Human rights and clinical psychology need each other. Clinical psychology’s core values are highly congruent with the human rights based approach (HRBA) recently adopted by the Care Quality Commission. Conversely,Continue Reading

Kinderman, P. (2023). Clinical psychology and human rights: A call to action. Clinical Psychology Forum, 1(368), 12-19. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpscpf.2023.1.368.12 Abstract This special edition of the Clinical Psychology Forum dedicated to clinical psychology and human rights highlights the essential role of clinical psychologists in promoting human rights, justice, and equity. Formal, legal,Continue Reading

Patel, N. (2003). Clinical Psychology: Reinforcing Inequalities or Facilitating Empowerment? The International Journal of Human Rights, 7(1), 16–39. https://doi.org/10.1080/714003792 Abstract To what extent do psychologists continue to reinforce inequalities by unquestioningly reaffirming existing oppressive theorising and practices, thereby maintaining the status quo and endorsing human rights violations? Or, to what extent doContinue Reading

Sveaass, N. (2019). The Human Rights Committee at the Norwegian Psychological Association: 20 years of work and future challenges. European Psychologist, 24(2), 102–112. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000368 Abstract The close connection between psychology and human rights is discussed through a presentation of the Human Rights Committee in the Norwegian Psychological Association. The importance of humanContinue Reading

Sveaass, N & Lavik, N. J. (2000). Psychological Aspects of Human Rights Violations: The Importance of Justice and Reconciliation. Nordic Journal of International Law, 69(1), 35-52. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718100020296170 No abstract availableContinue Reading

Kinderman, P. (2007). Human rights and applied psychology. Community and Applied Social Psychology, 17(3), 218-228.  https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.917 Abstract Applied and community psychology necessarily involves the consideration of human rights issues. The problems experienced by many of the clients of applied psychologists result from human rights abuses, the provisions of the HumanContinue Reading